.TH tplot 1 "15 December 2011" "Diego Essaya"
.SH NAME
tplot \- Execute a program periodically, plotting the output over time
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tplot
[ options ]
.I "COMMAND ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
Given a command that prints a number to stdout, \fBtplot\fP
will execute it periodically and plot the values over time,
in a bar chart. Use it to monitor system values inside a console
or terminal.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-d " DELAY, " \-\^\-delay " DELAY"
Delay in seconds between calls to command (default: 1).
.TP
.BR \-s ", " \-\^\-shell
Execute command through system shell (default: disabled).
.TP
.BR \-m " MIN, " \-\^\-min-value " MIN"
Minimum axis value (default: auto).
.TP
.BR \-M " MAX, " \-\^\-max-value " MAX"
Maximum axis value (default: auto).
.TP
.BR \-\^\-version
Print version number and exit.
.TP
.BR \-h ", " \-\^\-help
Show help and exit.
.SH EXAMPLES
tplot cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
.TP
tplot -s \(aqdf / | tail -n 1 | awk \(dq{print \\$3}\(dq\(aq
.SH BUGS
Report bugs at
.B "http://code.google.com/p/tplot/"
